We just met Marissa, one of our new favorite clients this year, even though she lives right around the corner! Marissa ordered a Traditional Style portrait from us for her brother as a wedding gift.
She had a picture of his dogs, Leia & Lacey, in a meadow that she knew was her brother’s favorite so it was not hard to transform it into a portrait that she knew he would love.
Just a couple months later, Marissa’s best friend, who happened to have four dogs that she adored, was getting married. So Marissa, easily our most generous client ever, had all four of them immortalized in their own portrait.
It was at this point we discovered that Marissa was also an artist – a musical artist! Marissa is one of the founding members and producers of The Dojo, a collective of MCs & DJs; her MC name is “Analog Suspect.” According to Marissa’s bio on the Dojo’s website, “Analog Suspect is a potent lyricist with the skills to hold down a party mixing records or entrancing listeners with deep lyrics and melodies. She also finds herself at home behind the mixing board or computer ensuring a solid sound in the Dojo and goes out of her way at live shows to produce the accurate setting for the lesson about to be learned. She trained as a classical pianist and learned the framework for creating musical soundscapes. Having constantly traveled at a younger age she was exposed to many types of music in different regions that added to her skills of evolving the surreal sound of the Dojo and beyond.The Dojo performs locally here in Denver, they’ve released cd’s, videos, and podcasts, and recently they even became a ringtone! How cool is that? You should check out their website, you can download some of their music and a video. We’re hoping to catch a performance and get a copy of Analog Suspect’s, aka Marissa’s, solo cd due out early next year.
By the way, Marissa has finally gotten around to having us do a portrait of her beautiful girl, Chloe! We just completed this custom layout featuring three of Marissa’s favorite photos of Chloe enjoying nature at one of their favorite spots. We think it turned out really amazing, and we were so happy to finally create something for Marissa that she can keep!
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